Koro-sensei Q!

Koro-sensei Q!

Cover of the first volume of the manga
殺せんせーQ!
(Koro-sensē-Q!)
Genre
Manga
Written by Kizuku Watanabe
Illustrated by Jō Aoto
Published by Shueisha
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Saikyō Jump
Original run October 2, 2015 – present
Volumes 2
Anime film
Directed by
  • Seiji Kishi
  • Yoshito Nishōji
Written by Makoto Uezu
Music by Naoki Satō
Studio Lerche
Released November 19, 2016
Runtime 120 minutes
Original net animation
Koro-sensei Quest!
Directed by Yoshito Nishouji
Produced by Noriko Ozaki
Written by Yūsei Matsui
Makoto Uezu
Jou Aoto
Music by Naoki Satō
Studio Lerche
Licensed by
Released December 23, 2016 – March 9, 2017
Episodes 12

Koro-sensei Q! (殺せんせーQ!, also written as Koro Teacher Quest) is a manga written by Kizuku Watanabe and illustrated by Jō Aoto. The manga is a spin-off of Yūsei Matsui's Assassination Classroom that features the original cast of the original manga.

Plot

In the alternate universe set in RPG world, the students of Kunugigaoka Academy are heroes under training and students of class 3-E are those with bugs - making them weaker than other heroes. They are tasked to defeat Koro-sensei, a demon lord who intentionally teaches them so they could defeat him one day.

Characters

Koro-sensei (殺せんせー, Koro-sensē)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Sonny Strait (English)
Koro-sensei is a Demon Lord who intentionally offered himself to be class 3-E's teacher so they could defeat them someday. He was once a hero who achieved everything that he grew bored. Aguri Yukimura from Temple of Trade then offered him position as a Demon Lord and the robe he wears turned him into a yellow octopus-alike appearance like he is now. Even after the Demon Lord, he still grew bored since nobody can defeat him, hence the reason why he wanted to teach the class 3-E.
Nagisa Shiota (潮田 渚, Shiota Nagisa)
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel (English)
Nagisa is one of the students in Class 3-E and the main student character. Unlike other students, Nagisa's bug is randomized and ranged from making his body buffed to turn back the time without erasing anyone's memory. Due to his feminine face and figure, he is able to equip an armor for female characters.
Kaede Kayano (茅野 カエデ, Kayano Kaede)
Voiced by: Aya Suzaki (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)
One of the students in Class 3-E who often seen with Nagisa. She loves pudding and is complex about her small chest (even treating it as her bug).
Karma Akabane (赤羽 業 (カルマ), Akabane Karuma)
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)
Initially appeared as a genius Red Devil who lives in a northern cave. His bug is when he's making fun of someone, his luck drops drastically. One of his notable bad luck is when washtubs from nowhere hitting his head countless time. He joins the class 3-E after Koro-sensei "defeated" him.
Yūma Isogai (磯貝 悠馬, Isogai Yūma)
Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka (Japanese); Jerry Jewell (English)
Isogai is the class' representative who is labeled as the class' "gentleman" (イケメン, ikemen). Out of the students, he has the most different armor that is most "hero-ish" but because his family is poor, he only could afford the front half of his armor although this is revealed to be his bug.
Ryōma Terasaka (寺坂 竜馬, Terasaka Ryōma)
Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese); Marcus D. Stimac (English)
A student with big body and is the leader of 'rebel' clique in the class. After a treasure box swapped his body, he was abandoned in the dungeon and has been training ever since, eventually turned level 99 and becomes the strongest in the clase. The fake version of him speaks English and after the real Terasaka appeared, the fake one remains in the Class 3-E.
Yuzuki Fuwa (不破 優月, Fuwa Yuzuki)
Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese); Kristi Kang (English)
Class 3-E's student who prone to broke the 4th wall and connected the plot in Koro-sensei Q! and the main story, with nobody knows what she means.

Media

Manga

The series is currently serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine since 2015. The first volume of the manga has been released on July 4, 2016.[1]

Film

The manga received an anime film adaptation which premiered in Japan on November 19, 2016. It was animated by Lerche, the same studio that animated the first two seasons of the original anime.[2]

Anime

An anime series sequel adaption was announced consisting of 12 10-minute episodes.[3] The opening theme titled "RE:QUEST!" is sung by Aya Suzaki under her character name Kaede Kayano,[4] while the ending theme features a 8-bit version of the main series' first opening theme "Seishun Satsubatsu-ron" (青春サツバツ論, "The Theory of Savage Yout"h). Episode 10 features the main series' 4th ending, "Mata Kimi ni aeru Hi" (また君に会える日, "The Day I Can See You Again") sung by Kōtarō Takebayashi (Takahiro Mizushima). Crunchyroll streamed the series with Funimation providing the English Dub.[5] FUNimation began airing the English dub on January 12, 2017 with the original cast returning as their original characters.[6]

Episode List

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "The E Class and the Big Bad"
"Maō to E-gumi" (魔王とE組) 		December 23, 2016
2 "The Red Devil"
"Akai Akuma" (赤い悪魔) 		December 30, 2016
3 "The Seductive Witch"
"Yūwaku no majo" (誘惑の魔女) 		January 5, 2017
4 "The Ruins of Tribulation"
"Shiren no iseki" (試練の遺跡) 		January 12, 2017
5 "The Evolved Mage"
"Shinka no majutsu-shi" (進化の魔術師) 		January 19, 2017
6 "The Silver Berserker"
"Gin no kyōsenshi" (銀の狂戦士) 		January 26, 2017
7 "The Big Five Attack!"
"Go eiketsu!" (五英傑！) 		February 2, 2017
8 "Big Bad Switcheroo"
"Ore ga maō de maō ga ore de" (オレが魔王で魔王がオレで) 		February 9, 2017
9 "Showdown at Fukuma Tower"
"Kessen! Fukuma no tō" (決戦！伏魔の塔) 		February 16, 2017
10 "Takebayashi, Leaving the E Class?"
"Takebayashi, E-gumi Yameru tte yo" (竹林、E組まめるってよ) 		February 23, 2017
11 "It's Not a Job, It's a Calling"
"Tenshoku? Tenshoku?!" (転職？天職？！) 		March 2, 2017
12 "Bye Bye, Big Bad"
"Bye Bye Maō" (BYE BYE 魔王) 		March 9, 2017

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese titles are taken from each episodes' next episode preview and the English titles are taken from Crunchyroll

References

  1. ↑ "殺せんせーQ! 1 (ジャンプコミックス 最強ジャンプ)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Assassination Classroom Koro-Sensei Q manga get theatrical anime film in November". Anime News Network. June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Assassination Classroom spinoff manga Koro Teacher Quest gets Anime Series". Anime News Network. November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Koro-sensei Q! staff list". Koro-sensei Q! official website. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Crunchyroll, Funimation to Stream Koro Sensei Quest! Anime Series". Anime News Network. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Koro Sensei Quest! Spinoff Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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